Fox Sunday NFL vs. Prime Time, redux

[Joseph_Gallant]

B. Hayes 1016 wrote:

> I half expect the Goodson-Todman logo to show up on those.
> ;-)

With Johnny Olsen making the announcement "This has been a Mark Goodson/Bill Todman production!".

 

[raccoonradio]

Re: To "Slide" Or Not To "Slide"??

> Seems like Fox really wants to start "The Simpsons" on-time
> at 8 P.M. EST.

They don't want to upset Matt Groening, who probably feels that Fox helped
kill off his "Futurama" show by placing it in time slots when it would often
get pre-empted (tough to get a following), maybe changing time slots frequently, etc.

Fox also pretty much killed off Family Guy by doing the same things, and only
through the re-airings on Comedy Central and TNT and the sales of the box sets
helped bring it back. (They'd keep changing FG's time slot...or put it
opposite "Friends" or something, where it would have a time time getting a
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[rugrats1]

Re: To "Slide" Or Not To "Slide"??

> Fox also pretty much killed off Family Guy by doing the same
> things, and only
> through the re-airings on Comedy Central and TNT and the
> sales of the box sets
> helped bring it back.

I thought it was Cartoon Network and TBS?

 

[ixnay]

Re: To "Slide" Or Not To "Slide"??

They don't want to upset Matt Groening because it The Simpsons that was largely, largely responsible for putting Fox on the map in the first place. Gave Fox its identity.

ixnay